Penn State Greater Allegheny student Tommi Barnes will soon move to University Park, but not before making a splash in the Pittsburgh Opera’s education unit. Barnes is extending the opera’s outreach around the tri-state area.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Centre Stage will kick off its 2019-20 season with a Sneak Preview Celebration, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, on the Olsan-Stone Terrace and Playhouse Theatre. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the directors, designers, and students who will be producing the upcoming shows; catch a snippet of a performance or two; view designs and renderings for the upcoming season; and purchase tickets to the productions. Sneak Preview tickets are $25.
Mark Ballora, a devoted and dynamic professor of music technology in the Penn State School of Music, affiliate faculty in the School of Theatre, and newly appointed director of the Arts & Design Research Incubator, unexpectedly died Thursday, July 18, 2019. He was 57 years old.
Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center announces its 2019-20 season with a variety of unique performances. Tickets to all shows are on sale now.
Penn State Centre Stage will present "Albatross," by Matthew Spangler and Benjamin Evett, directed and sound designed by Rick Lombardo, from July 10-13 and July 17-20 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre. Inspired by "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the one-man play stars Benjamin Evett as the Mariner.
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State has announced its 2019–2020 season, which includes a seven-performance Centre County premiere of the multiple award-winning Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon.”
The producers of the national tour of “The Book of Mormon,” winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State announced today (July 8) that single tickets will go on sale July 18 starting at 8 a.m.
Penn State Centre Stage will present the ever-charming musical "A Year with Frog and Toad," with music by Robert Reale, lyrics by Willie Reale, co-directed by Travis DeCastro and Richard St. Clair, and music direction by Richard Biever, at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily from July 10 to 13 at the Playhouse Theatre on Penn State's University Park campus.
“The Last Day,” written by former Nittany Lion and Cincinnati Bengal football star Mike Reid, is an ambitious musical theater piece that tackles issues relevant to today's youth, including mental health and substance abuse among college students.
Penn State Centre Stage will launch its return to professional summer theatre with "The Last Day," June 12–22, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre, with music by Mike Reid, lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger and book by Reid and Schlesinger. John Simpkins directs, with musical direction by Jennifer Peacock. Reid is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and former Penn State defensive lineman.
At first glance, English majors and theater professionals may not appear to have much in common. But for Haleigh Swansen, the strong literary foundation she acquired at Penn State Brandywine helped prepare her for the stage.
A unique artist-in-residence program involving the Colleges of Arts and Architecture and Nursing aims to infuse artistic representation into the science of nursing.
Penn State Centre Stage will launch its return to professional summer theatre with "One Night on Broadway," a special benefit event, on May 20 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre.
William J. Doan, professor of theatre in the College of Arts and Architecture and artist-in-residence in the College of Nursing, has been named Penn State Laureate for the 2019–20 academic year. As laureate, he will explore the intersections of art, science and health through interactive experiences — including performances, workshops and discussions — that address issues of living with anxiety and depression.
